{"id":"CVE-2000-0501","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2000-0501","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:32:13.722Z","title":"Race condition in MDaemon 2.8.5.0 POP server allows local users to cause a denial of service by entering a UIDL command and quickly exiting the server.","description":"Race condition in MDaemon 2.8.5.0 POP server allows local users to cause a denial of service by entering a UIDL command and quickly exiting the server.","published":"2000-06-16T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:51:52.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":2.6,"severity":"LOW","vector":"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["alt-n/mdaemon"],"epss":{"score":0.04144,"percentile":0.90781,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2000-06-16","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":20020,"kind":"exploit","title":"Alt-N MDaemon 2.8.5 - UIDL Denial of Service","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20020","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/20020.txt","file":"exploits/windows/dos/20020.txt","published":"2000-06-16","added":"2000-06-16","updated":"2012-07-22","author":"Craig","type":"dos","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2000-0501","OSVDB-1410"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1366/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is low and EPSS is 4.1%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2000-q2/0277.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1366","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4745","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2000-q2/0277.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1366","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4745","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0501","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}